Ice cream

Ice cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from dairy products such as cream (or equivalents), combined with flavourings and sweeteners. This mixture is super-cooled by stirring while reducing its temperature to prevent large ice crystals from forming. Traditionally, the temperature has been reduced by placing the ice cream mixture into a container that is immersed in a mixture of crushed ice and salt. The salt allows liquid water to be below the freezing point of pure water, allowing the immersed container with cream to make better contact with the melted water/ice mixture.

See also

• List of ice cream brands, including Cornetto, Eskimo Pie, Klondike Bar
• Arctic Roll, Baked Alaska
• Astronaut ice cream
• Brain freeze
• Fried ice cream
• Ice cream sandwich
• Snow cream